Jef Feeley

September 09, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Both sides are gearing up for an October trial of Twitter's lawsuit to force Musk to consummate the deal.

By Jef Feeley and Kurt Wagner

3 minute read

May 28, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state of Oklahoma deploys a high-risk legal strategy in a potentially precedent-setting case against opioid manufacturers.

By Jef Feeley

8 minute read

January 08, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The National Football League could spend more than $914 million to settle claims brought by former players over head injuries, according to a proposed agreement submitted for court approval.

By Sophia Pearson and Jef Feeley

4 minute read

June 15, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Barnes & Noble Inc. founder Leonard Riggio agreed to pay $29 million to settle investors' claims that he wrongfully pushed the biggest U.S. bookstore chain to acquire his college textbook firm, lawyers said.

By Jef Feeley and Phil Milford

4 minute read

November 19, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Bernard Madoff's investment company sued two former top lawyers of the Milberg Weiss law firm seeking to recover $20.4 million in false profits from the con man's Ponzi scheme. The trustee, New York attorney Irving Picard, sued former Milberg Weiss name partner Melvyn I. Weiss and ex-partner David J.

By Jef Feeley and Dawn McCarty

3 minute read

February 10, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Danaher Corp., a maker of microscopes and water-treatment systems, was sued for adopting corporate bylaws that force shareholders to bring claims against the company solely in a Delaware court.Shareholders of AutoNation Inc. the largest U.S. automobile retailer, travel website Priceline.com and truckmaker Navistar International Corp.

By Jef Feeley and Dawn McCarty

4 minute read

April 10, 2013 | Daily Report Online

As one of eight brothers who played college football, Derriel McCorvey says he has the game in his blood. Now the Louisiana lawyer is trying to make the National Football League bleed over claims that it concealed data about the dangers of concussions. The ex-Louisiana State University safety is part of a group of plaintiffs' lawyers in cases filed by ex-NFL players and their families. They are readying arguments for a trial.

By Jef Feeley and Sofia Pearson

11 minute read

October 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson is comfortable among stubborn creatures. Wilson, whose court is in Little Rock, Ark., spends his days wrangling with lawyers as he works his way through some of the 8,000 lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages over Pfizer Inc.'s menopause drugs Prempro and Premarin. At night, he relaxes by corralling his prize Tennessee walking mules on a 15-acre farm.

By Jef Feeley

7 minute read

July 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, began trial Monday on claims its epilepsy medication Neurontin increases the risk of suicide, in a case the judge called "very tough" for the plaintiffs to win. The trial will be the first of what plaintiffs' lawyers say are about 1,200 cases. It will show each side the other's strategy and may help point the way to settlements.

By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Cary O'Reilly

7 minute read

July 31, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Pfizer Inc. won't face a verdict over claims its epilepsy drug Neurontin helped lead a Massachusetts woman to commit suicide, after her family dropped its lawsuit in the midst of trial. Susan Bulger's family agreed to dismiss the suit after an anonymous donor offered to put money in a trust for her 10-year-old daughter, Regina, said Mark Lanier, the family's lawyer.

By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk

4 minute read